TOKYO - Canadian Milos Raonic reached his 11th quarter-final of the season Thursday as the third seed overpowered Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 6-3 at the Japan Open.The Thornhill, Ont. native, who was a Wimbledon semifinalist and twice runner-up in the Japanese capital at the ATP 500 event, needed only 74 minutes to defeat Austrias 33-year-old veteran after losing to Melzer in 2012 indoors in Memphis.Raonic, who is fighting for a place in the year-end final in a field limited to eight players, will aim for the Japanese semifinals on Friday when he takes on Denis Istomin. The Uzbek beat Polands Michel Przysiezny 6-4, 7-6 (5) to book his spot.Raonic stands provisional ninth in the points race to the World Tour Finals next month in London and is trying to close the gap on Tomas Berdych, who currently stands one place ahead of him on the last of the qualifying spots.But with this week in Japan, plus Shanghai next week and then three final weeks in Europe, there is plenty of tennis left to play.Raonic secured his victory over Melzer with a modest 11 aces a€” half for his total in the previous round a€” breaking the Austrian three times.Im playing good tennis right now, I lifted my level form the first round, said the Canadian. But Im not thinking too far ahead.I can only handle one challenge at a time so Im not considering another final yet, said the highest seed remaining in the field.Raonic took the opening set in 36 minutes on his first set point with a break of Melzer.Melzer had his left ankle wrapped at the start of the second set, but his physical problem did not see to impair his mobility.In the second, Raonic went up a break for 2-0 but lost the edge in the fifth game, with Melzer getting the break back after putting Raonic in a 0-30 hole.The 23-year-old Canadian was caught out by two straight passing winners to drop the game, 3-2. Melzer levelled at 3-all a game later on an ace.Raonic earned a second break for 5-3 after Melzer was caught out by a down-the-line winner. Then he served out his 41st win of the season a game later to advance.The Canadian said that even though he let his break advantage slip in the second set, he was able to fight back.I think he lifted his game in the second set. I had one poor game and he played well to break.Raonic stands 2-0 over Istomin, winning both of their matches in San Jose, where the Canadian won three tiles.He can do a lot of thing impressively, Raonic said of his next opponent, I have to keep getting better and better and create opportunities. I have to really contain him as much as I can. Air Max 270 Homme Moins Cher . Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse will reunite at this weekends season-opening World Cup at Canada Olympic Park as they begin their buildup to the Winter Games in Sochi. Basket Air Max 90 Homme Pas Cher . The Los Angeles Clippers showed them just how ugly that life could be. Jared Dudley scored a season-high 21 points, Chris Paul added 16 points and 17 assists, and the Clippers jumped all over the Bulls in Roses absence for a 121-82 victory Sunday. http://www.outletairmaxpascher.fr/fausse...ax-97-noir.html. A broadcast source said the deal is for five years. The agreement calls for a minimum of 17 regular-season games as well as the East and West Division finals being broadcast annually on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNEWS. Tn Pas Cher Chine . Each day, TSN.ca provides the latest rumours, reports and speculation from around the NHL beat. Defensive Depth TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun is reporting the Toronto Maple Leafs have considerable interest in unrestricted free-agent defenceman Dan Boyle. Air Max Tn Pas Cher Chine . The goals took Liverpools tally in the Premier League this season to 70, overtaking Manchester City as the top scorers, and left the fourth-place team just four points behind league leader Chelsea.BOSTON - It was a difficult but rewarding split for the Minnesota Wild.The Wild rallied with three goals in the third period and beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Tuesday night, easing the pain from the night before when Minnesota was at the opposite end of a surprising comeback.The way it all worked out, were really not too disappointed. We learned a couple lessons on the trip, Wild coach Mike Yeo said.Lesson No. 1 came Monday night in New York, when the Rangers scored five in the third period of a 5-4 win over the Wild. Having led that game 3-0 after two periods, a 3-1 deficit against the Bruins entering the third on Tuesday didnt seem so big.Zach Parise and Justin Fontaine scored 2:13 apart for Minnesota early in the third to tie it, then Marco Scandella scored the go-ahead goal with 5:53 remaining as the Wild salvaged a split in their first back-to-back games this season.It happened to us in New York and we knew that we had a good game. We wanted to keep going and keep pushing and thats what we did in the third, Scandella said. I felt like we had a lot of momentum and it was just bound to happen.Parise said Yeo made some tactical adjustments in the second intermission and the Wild responded by coming out firing on Boston goalie Tuukka Rask.Thats the way it goes. You get one and all of the sudden you get a little momentum and you start to feel good about it, Parise said. The best thing is that the way we were playing paid off.Rask faced 18 of Minnesotas 42 shots in the third period as Wild continued pressing through any fattigue lingering from Monday.ddddddddddddNiklas Backstrom stopped 25 shots for Minnesota and picked up the win despite allowing three straight goals by the Bruins. Rookie Seth Griffith scored in the first and second, then assisted on Milan Lucics goal with 3:01 left in the second.But the Wild controlled the pace in the third and capitalized on the absence of Boston defenceman Zdeno Chara, who is out 4-6 weeks with a knee injury.Theres no excuse why we shouldnt have been the better team in the third, being fresh and all of that, but it shows character for them, Rask said. Thats how we like to win games.The Wild had allowed just six goals all season before the collapse in New York on Monday, when the Rangers scored five in the third period while winning 5-4. It appeared to be happening again when Boston scored three straight on Backstrom, but the Bruins stalled in the third.They were down two goals. They came out hard. They put the puck deep and we werent able to make a clean break out of there, said Bostons David Krejci, who set up Griffiths first goal with a cross-ice pass to the crease. They played well in the third period, but we played poorly.Notes: Nino Niederreiter scored early in the first period for Minnesota. ... Thomas Vanek assisted on Minnesotas first goal, giving him 63 points in 56 games against Boston. ... Griffith had his first multi-point game one week after scoring his first career goal. ... Referee Dave Lewis was injured and left the game after taking a puck to the face in the first period. ' ' '